Rulers of England and the
United Kingdom
Saxon Line
Edwy 955 - 959
Edgar 959 - 975
Edward the Martyr 975 - 978
Ethelred the Unready 978 - 1016
Edmund Ironside 1016
Danish Line
Canute 1016 - 1035
Harold I 1035 - 1040
Hardicanute 1040 - 1042
Saxon Line
Edward the Confessor 1042 - 1066
Harold II (Godwinson) 1066
House of Normandy
William I (The Conqueror) 1066 - 1087
William II 1087 - 1100
Henry I 1100 - 1135
Stephen 1135 - 1154
House of Plantagenet
Henry II 1154 - 1189
Richard I (The Lionheart) 1189 - 1199
John (Lackland) 1199 - 1216
Henry III 1216 - 1272
Edward I (Hammer of the Scots) 1272 - 1307
Edward II 1307 - 1327
Edward III 1327 - 1377
Richard II 1377 - 1399
House of Lancaster
Henry IV 1399 - 1413
Henry V 1413 - 1422
Henry VI 1422 - 1461
House of York
Edward IV 1461 - 1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III (Crookback) 1483 - 1485
House of Tudor
Henry VII 1485 - 1509
Henry VIII 1509 - 1547
Edward VI 1547 - 1553
Jane (The shortest reigning monarch, 9 days) 1553
Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 - 1558
Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen) 1558 - 1603
House of Stuart
James I of England & VI of Scotland 1603 - 1625
Charles I 1625 - 1649
Commonwealth
Declared 1649Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector) 1653 - 1658
Richard Cromwell 1658 - 1659
House of Stewart
Charles II 1660 - 1685
James II of England & VII of Scotland 1685 - 1688
William III and Mary II (Mary died 1694) 1689 - 1702
Anne 1702 - 1714
House of Hanover
George I 1714 - 1727
George II 1727 - 1760
George III (Farmer George) 1760 - 1820
George IV (Prinny) 1820 - 1830
William IV (Silly Billy) 1830 - 1837
Victoria 1837 - 1901
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(Later Windsor)Edward VII 1901 - 1910
House of Windsor
George V (Sailor George) 1910 - 1936
Edward VIII (Our Smiling Prince, abdicated) 1936
George VI 1936 - 1952
Elizabeth II 1952 -